Three people die in plane crash near Gainesville airport, Three adults killed in plane crash from Ohio, Gainesville
Three people were killed in a single-engine plane crash Friday night moments after taking off from Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville.
The plane had just taken off from the Gainesville airport en route to Daytona Beach, Florida around 6 p.m. when it crashed into a ravine near the intersection of Memorial Park Drive at Atlanta Highway. One home on the ground was damaged by falling fuel, displacing five residents. No one on the ground was injured.
The three adults killed in the crash were identified by the Hall County Sheriff’s Office as Dan Delnoce, 44, and Courtney Flanders, 45, of Gainesville and Matthew Delnoce, 39, of Ohio. The Sheriff’s Office is handling the death investigation while the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are working other aspects of the crash.